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We are delighted to announce that we have launched a new service whereby we can test for sexually transmitted infections by post.  The tests are ordered through our sister site at The STI Clinic.  All tests are based on urine samples so we send out the kit, you provide the sample and send it straight back to the lab in the container inside a protective plastic cover and a reply paid envelope.  In most cases results are available within 24 hours of the test arriving back at the lab.

STIs are on the rise with Chlamydia causing particular concern as it could go undetected and may cause fertility problems in some women.  You can order your STD test by visiting the website.  If you test positve for anything then we can prescribe an appropriate antibiotic for next day delivery.

If you have any questions about this service then please do not hesitate to contact us.

A survey by a fraud advisory company, MarkMonitor, has revealed something that we have been banging on about for years – most of the websites purporting to be internet clinics and pharmacies are fraudulent.  They have discovered that most websites which claim to be based in one territory are actually based somewhere completely different.  There are only a few genuine operators in the UK and the Medicines and Healthcare Regulatory Agency, which regulates the industry in the UK, is following up around 100 potential breaches of the law at any one time.

The survey included 3,160 internet pharmacies and most were selling medication well below the recommended price, which suggested that it was all counterfeit, stolen or diluted.  More than half of those surveyed did not protect customer data through adequate security measures and only a handful were able to provide genuine third party assurances that they were genuine.

At The Online Clinic you have the comfort of knowing that the security of our website has been verified by a recognised authority on the subject and we display the certificate on our home page.  We also provide a link on the Who We Are page of our website which shows customers how to verify the identity and authenticity of our pharmacy through the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain.

If you have any questions about our service before you register, please do not hesitate to contact us by telephone or e-mail.  The details are on the website contact page.

A recently published study has suggested that reducing LDL cholesterol through the use of statins may actually increase the risk of cancer.  The study was the result of a review of data from previous trials involving 41,000 patients. It is not clear whether the higher incidence of cancer (around one person per thousand) is the result of the drugs, the low levels of LDL achieved or just plain coincidence.

The study leader, Professor Richard Karas, was at pains to point out that the drug is not implicated here and that the benefits of statins in lowering the risk of heart disease were clear.  No particular type of cancer predominated, so if the aggressive lowering of LDL did have an impact on the incidence of cancer, it would have to affect all types of cancer.

Other experts have cast doubt on the findings saying that as the trials only lasted five years, the onset of cancer would have to have been very rapid indeed.  What is more likely is that people who may have died from heart disease prior to the treatment with statins simply lived a bit longer and died of cancer instead!

A spokesman for the British Heart Foundation said that there is overwhelming evidence that the use of statins saves lives by preventing heart attacks and strokes and that the potential benefits far outweigh the potential risks.

Scientists at King’s College London have found a correlation between the number of moles that a person has on his or her body and the length of time that they live.  The more moles that a person has seems to indicate that they will, on average, live longer than a person with fewer moles and it also seems to demonstrate that the people with more moles are less likely to develop heart disease and osteoporosis.  People with moles are more likely to develop malignant melanoma however, the most deadly form of skin cancer.